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- E December 6, 2013

Exemption No. 10904 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2013

- 1005

Richard J. Trusis Director, Airworth iness & Certification Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

P.O. Box 2206 Savannah, GA 31402

- 2206

Dear Mr. Trusis :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption

. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated November 13, 2013 you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation ( Gulfstream ) for an exempti on from §§ 61.75(d) and 61.117 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow certain pilots exercising private pilot privileges to fly as a flight

crewmember on Gulfstream G100, G150, G200 and G280 aircraft

. Specifically, these pilots will be permitted to fly as second

- in

- command (SIC) of these aircraft while conducting evaluation and demonstration flights within the United States for potential buyers of those aircraft or on behalf of their respective civil av iation authority

.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition

in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Gulfstream

.

The FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption No. 10871 (copy enclosed), the FAA

found that safety risk was mitigated because a ll of the foreign pilots possess an airline transport pilot license granted by an International Civil Aviation Organization member state

, and that company pilots holding U.S. pilot certificate s will act as pilot in command during all flights on which the listed for eign pilots will be acting as a crewmember. Further, those foreign pilots operating as second

- in

- command will receive ground training prior to flight. Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that

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• they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant of Exemption No 10871 ;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No.

10871 also apply to the situation you present; and

• a grant of exemption is in the public i nterest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113

, and 44701 , which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation an exemption from 14 CFR §§ 61.75(d) (2) and 61.117 to the extent necessary to allow certain pilots exercising private pilot privileges to fly as a flight crewmember on Gulfstream G100, G150, G200 and G280 aircraft , subject to the conditions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. This exemption is issued for the purpose of allowing demonstration and evaluation flights only in Gulfstream models G100, G150, G200 and G280

.

2. The privileges of this exemption are intended to enable a foreign pilot who only hold s a U.S. private pilot certificate (issued un der § 61.75) with airplane multi

- engine and

instrument rating s to act as second

- in

- command of an aircraft on a sales demonstration flight , or flight evaluation conducted by a f oreign civil aviation authority (FCAA)

.

3. The privileges of this exemption are n ot valid unless the exemption holder has a letter from the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), Atlanta Tradeport, 107

Charles W. Grant Parkway

, Hapeville, GA 30354

, specifically indicating approval of

each of the foreign pilot s operating Gulfstrea m aircraft under the privileges of this exemption.

4. Each foreign pilot approved by the FAA FSDO identified in Condition /Limitation

No. 3 must make application for a private pilot certificate and/or instrument rating in accordance with § 61.75

. Any person a uthorized by the FAA Administrator to issue a § 61.75 private pilot certificate may place an instrument rating on the certificate without the knowledge test required by § 61.75(d)(2). The person issu ing the § 61.75 private pilot certificate must i ndicate on that certificate the following limitation:

T he instrument rating privileges are only valid for use under the privileges of Exemption No. 10904.

5. All flight operations using the privileges o f this exemption are limited to f lights for

sales demonstration or evaluation purposes; the privileges of this exemption may not be used for operations that involve:

a. D elivery of an aircraft;3

b. M aintenance o r manufacturing flight testing;

c. F lights operated under a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental

cat egory other than for the purpose of sales demonstration and flight evaluations conducted by a foreign civil aviation authority ; or,

d. F lights operated for the purpose of crew training.

6. Gulfstream must be in full operational control of any aircraft operated using this privileges of this exemption.

7. The pilot

- in

- command (PIC) of any flights operated using the privileges of this exemption must:

a. Hold a valid U.S. commercial pilot certificate or airline transport pilot certificate with the appropriate type rating

, b. Hold a valid U.S. first

- or second

- class medical certificate

,

c. Be directly employed by Gulfstream

, and

d. Must remain the PIC for the duration of the flight.

8. The person acting as SIC of any flights operated using the privileges of this exemption must:

a. Be an authorized representative of a legitimate potential purchaser of the type aircraft being flown or representative civil aviation authority

. b. Hold a valid pilot certificate issued by an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

- member state containin g: 1. C ommercial pilot certification (or equivalent) with instrument and multi

engine ratings

, or 2. A irline transport pilot certificat ion (or equivalent) with a multi

- engine rating

.

c. Hold a valid medical certificate issued under 14 CFR 67, or a medical

certifica te issued by the ICAO

- member state that issued the person’s foreign pilot certificate identified in 8( b ).

d. The certificates identified in this condition/limitation must be in the English language, or must be accompanied by documentation in the English langu age translating certification, privileges, and validity of those certificates.

9. A ll flight operations under the privileges of this exemption must be operated with a person aboard (other than that persons identified in condition/limitation Nos. 2 and 7 )

who :

a. I s employed by Gulfstream ; b. I s not acting as PIC of the aircraft;

c. H olds the appropriate U.S. airman and medical certificates to act as SIC o f the aircraft being flown; and

d. Gulfstream has found to be qualified to act as SIC of the aircraft being flown.4

10. Gu lfstream is authorized to conduct flights under this exemption with pilots or property identified in the conditions and limitations and the following non

crewmembers only:

a. Gulfstream/ FCAA Flight Test Director(s)

, b. Gulfstream/FCAA Flight Test Engineer(s) , a nd

c. Gulfstream//FCAA engineers as necessary to answer questions related to airplane and systems operation.

11. This exemption is not valid for operations outside the United States.

This exemption terminates on December 31, 2015, unless sooner superseded or r escinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John Barbagallo Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service